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The Batcave’s hum is shattered by Dick’s voice over comms. Bruce freezes at the console. 'We took down a base,' Dick reports, tension thick in his tone. 'There’s a kid here. Alive. Shaken.' The air grows heavy. Dick reveals she was heavily guarded, separate from the rest. 'She was in a back room,' he says. 'They knew she mattered.' Bruce stands still, breath held, the weight of years crashing down as Dick lowers his voice, refusing to say the rest over open air.